Colorado · Nonprofit
BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING
BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING (Colorado) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,443,768 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($4,587,192). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Bscs Science Learning does
Mission
Bscs Science Learning is on a mission to transform science education. We pursue our mission by translating research into powerful programs for science students, teachers, and leaders across the country. Today, we offer engaging resources for science teaching and learning and immersive professional learning experiences for educators. We've made a commitment to historically marginalized, underserved communities-so that learners and educators have access to high quality science education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Federally funded projects - projects funded by grants from federal agencies that enable the organization to pursue its mission through research and development focusing on one or more of thefollowing: design of instructional materials, teacher professional development, leadership development, and organizational change to support improvements in science teaching and learning. Projects involve exploration of new approaches, research on impacts or effectiveness of innovations, and synthesis of research on science teaching and learning. Grants are typically 1-5 years in length.
$4,191,884 spent$5,352,571 earned by the program59% of program spendingFoundation funded projects - projects funded by foundations through open requests for proposals or by invitation. Foundation-funded projects enable the organization to pursue its mission through research and development focusing on one or more of the following: design of instructional materials, teacherprofessional development, leadership development, and organizational change to support improvements in science teaching and learning. Projects involve exploration of new approaches, research on impacts or effectiveness of innovations, and synthesis of research on science teaching and learning. Grants are typically from 1-3 years in length.
$2,024,277 spentof which $206,698 as grants$3,388,394 earned by the program29% of program spendingProjects that are not funded through grants. Funding is primarly contracts with school districts and also includes professional development programs that are funded by participant registration fees or contracted services with other organizations.
$863,700 spent$2,023,788 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,079,861.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $4.3M to $5.1M (+19%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 72% · 2018 62% · 2019 54% · 2020 41% · 2021 53% · 2022 55% · 2023 62% · 2024 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Stephen Traphagen
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $751k → $2.6M.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
36% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 91% · 2020 97% · 2021 72% · 2022 72% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $39.5M on record — $39.5M federal, $18k state.
- National Science Foundation$24.7M
- Department of Education$13.1M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.2M
- Department of Agriculture$300k
- Department of Commerce$150k
- ASSOC DUES AND CONF FEES$18k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING?
- BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING (Colorado) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,443,768 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($4,587,192). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $10,443,768 in grants to BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING?
- GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,587,192 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BSCS SCIENCE LEARNING find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing